loss against Nottingham Forest. Following his return from injury, Van Der Gun continued to remain involved in the first team for the rest of the 2009–10 season. He then scored his second goal of the season, in a 5–1 loss against Blackpool on 23 March 2010. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Van Der Gun went on to make twenty–six appearances and scoring two times in all competitions. Following this, Swansea City opted to trigger his contract to stay for another season. In the 2010–11 season, Van Der Gun found his first team opportunities limited and found himself placed on the substitute bench. As a result, manager Brendan Rodgers expected the player to leave Swansea City, but ended up staying at the club. Despite this, he was able to add three goals in the first two months to the season, scoring against Barnet, Tranmere Rovers and Nottingham Forest. Van Der Gun added two more goals in the FA Cup matches against Colchester United and Leyton Orient. Having made sixteen appearances and scoring five times in all competitions, he was released by Swansea City at the end of the 2010–11 season, following Swansea's promotion to the Premier League. FC Utrecht (second spell) After seven months without a club, on 31 January 2012, Van Der Gun re-joined his former club Utrecht until the end of the season. Upon re–joining the club, he said: "I know FC Utrecht and the player well and I have previously trained under Jan Wouters at the start of my career. I also know Foeke Booy well, under him I went through one of my best periods of my career. I am looking forward to it in order to take my experience with the club up the road. I am eager and I think I can add value. Utrecht can expect something from me." However, Van Der Gun missed three matches since joining the club, due to a muscle injury. He made his second debut for FC Utrecht, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute, in a 1–1 draw against ADO Den Haag on 12 February 2012. However, Van Der Gun missed two matches due to injury. He returned to the starting line–up against Feyenoord on 11 March 2012 and scored his first goal for the club in three years, in a 1–1 draw. This was followed up by scoring in the next two matches against FC Groningen